3 Adrift Three Days Found Near Cuba

November 28, 1985

MIAMI — Three men were rescued Wednesday after spending three days drifting without food or water in their 36-foot boat, which became disabled about 40 miles off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

The men were spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter 55 miles southeast of Key West about 11 a.m. Wednesday and picked up by a Liberian freighter sailing nearby, said Coast Guard Lt. Marshall Lytle.

Lytle said the freighter was transporting the men to St. Petersburg. They were expected to arrive Thursday morning, Lytle added.

The men, reported in good condition, were identified as Elio Rosales, Pedro Lopez and Julio Garcia, no ages or hometowns available.